Guerrilla Reboots Horizon Co-op Game After June Playtest, Stripping Live-Service Elements
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Updated · Kotaku · Aug 19
Guerrilla Reboots Horizon Co-op Game After June Playtest, Stripping Live-Service Elements
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Aug 19
Summary
June’s poor internal playtest pushed Guerrilla Games to reboot Horizon Hunters Gathering rather than cancel it outright.
Guerrilla is retooling the project into a smaller co-op game, removing live-service features and adding a story mode after the original version struggled.
End-of-2026 is the key deadline: the team must show the game can be turned around, even though Hunters was reportedly Guerrilla’s main focus over a new single-player Horizon entry.
Sony’s reset fits a broader retreat from live-service bets after mixed results, with Helldivers 2 a hit but projects tied to Bluepoint, The Last of Us and Concord falling away.
After Concord's catastrophic failure, could Sony's scaled-back Horizon co-op game secretly be the blueprint for saving PlayStation's multiplayer future?
How much money did Sony bleed on canceled live-service projects before finally retreating to its traditional narrative-driven roots?